Jobs at DigitalOcean

What DigitalOcean's application asks

Across the 3 application forms Otto has filled at DigitalOcean: 24 distinct questions, 16 of them usually required. A single application works out at about 22 minutes once you have your details to hand. It runs on Greenhouse.

9 are DigitalOcean’s own, not boxes every form has:

• preferred name
• preferred pronouns (she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc.)
• what is your desired salary range?
• do you have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on…
• this position is based out of our office in bengaluru. are you comfortable working from the office and…
• will you now or in the future require digitalocean to sponsor an immigration case in order to employ you?
• a verification code was sent to mail2san2310@gmail.com. to submit your application, enter the 8-character…
• security code

and 1 more.

Read off the forms themselves, last checked 2026-09-21, because Otto fills them in and has to read them first. Roles differ, so the estimate is per application rather than for the list above: each question counts for its cost times how often this employer actually requires it. A written answer is 2½ minutes, a dropdown 12 seconds, a yes/no 5 seconds, attaching a file 45 seconds. The list leaves out name-and-email boxes and anything Greenhouse puts on every employer’s form.